98 7 ['"MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. 



Transportation from Local Shipping Points. 

 Transportation routes and the distances between^ the local shipping 

 points in the Connecticut Valley onion district and Boston and New York 

 are shown on^the map below. 



Fig. 26. 



Trolley Transportation. 

 The Amherst and Sunderland Street Railway running on the east side 

 of the Connecticut River between Amherst and Sunderland is the only 

 trolley line in the valley which has a franchise and equipment for handling 

 freight cars. At Amherst this electric line connects with the Boston & 

 Maine Railroad, running between Northampton and Boston. This 

 trolley freight service is used by the storage men and a number of the 

 large growers in the vicinity of North Amherst. It is a great convenience 

 in the autumn when the farmer is pressed for time, and for late winter 

 shipments it is almost a necessity on account of the danger of freezing 

 while in transit by wagon. Until December ordinary box cars are used, 

 but thereafter refrigerator cars are used almost exclusively. 



